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poster
Criterion Channel
86
7.7
/24603/
73
/457/
75
/493/
4.1
/61081/
100
/45/
85
/385/
98
/20/

Au Hasard Balthazar (1966)
The story of a donkey Balthazar as he is passed from owner to owner, some kind and some cruel but all with motivations beyond his understanding. Balthazar, whose life parallels that of his first keeper, Marie, is truly a beast of burden, suffering the sins of humankind. But despite his powerlessness, he accepts his fate nobly.
poster
Amazon Prime Video
81
7.5
/25384/
73
/593/
71
/485/
4.0
/56460/
88
/43/
86
/541/

Santa Sangre (1989)
A former circus artist escapes from a mental hospital to rejoin his armless, cult leader mother, and is forced to enact brutal murders in her name.
poster
Criterion Channel
80
7.4
/15619/
71
/225/
72
/330/
3.9
/23766/
79
/28/
85
/293/
84
/9/

Juliet of the Spirits (1965)
Middle-aged Giulietta grows suspicious of her husband, Giorgio, when his behavior grows increasingly questionable. One night when Giorgio initiates a seance amongst his friends, Giulietta gets in touch with spirits and learns more about herself and her painful past. Slightly skeptical, but intrigued, she visits a mystic who gives her more information -- and nudges her toward the realization that her husband is indeed a philanderer.
poster
The Roku Channel
81
76
7.7
/10171/
72
/230/
75
/204/
3.8
/17292/
100
/12/
88
/174/

The Unknown (1927)
On the lam, criminal Alonzo hides in the circus as The Armless Wonder – a performer who uses his feet to hurl knives. Alonzo keeps the arms he really has concealed to hide his identity. Meanwhile, ringmaster's daughter Nanon has a phobia of being touched by men, but is romantically pursued by not only Alonzo but the strongman Malabar. Alonzo's desperation to remain with Nanon will only end in tragedy.
poster
74
7.9
/476211/
78
/11329/
77
/7599/
3.9
/526511/
76
/219/
89
/26324/
58
/42/
cc age 12+

Big Fish (2003)
Throughout his life Edward Bloom has always been a man of big appetites, enormous passions and tall tales. In his later years, he remains a huge mystery to his son, William. Now, to get to know the real man, Will begins piecing together a true picture of his father from flashbacks of his amazing adventures.
poster
Disney Plus
72
7.5
/342503/
78
/20492/
78
/9882/
3.5
/1154181/
56
/263/
86
/6876/
48
/43/
cc age 10+

The Greatest Showman (2017)
The story of American showman P.T. Barnum, founder of the circus that became the famous traveling Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus.
poster
MGM Plus
71
6.9
/25416/
67
/599/
65
/429/
3.4
/20215/
84
/50/
68
/388/
72
/10/
cc age 12+

Heaven Can Wait (1978)
Joe Pendleton is a quarterback preparing to lead his team to the superbowl when he is almost killed in an accident. An overanxious angel plucks him to heaven only to discover that he wasn't ready to die, and that his body has been cremated. A new body must be found, and that of a recently-murdered millionaire is chosen. His wife and accountant—the murderers—are confused by this development, as he buys the L.A. Rams in order to once again quarterback them into the Superbowl.
poster
71
7.3
/140849/
72
/6079/
69
/3318/
3.4
/96660/
83
/277/
77
/1156/
70
/41/
cc age 12+

The Walk (2015)
The story of French high-wire artist Philippe Petit's attempt to cross the Twin Towers of the World Trade Center in 1974.
poster
70
7.1
/29482/
69
/626/
68
/531/
3.5
/26125/
81
/31/
72
/463/
64
/8/

Saboteur (1942)
Aircraft factory worker Barry Kane flees across the United States after he is wrongly accused of starting the fire that killed his best friend.
poster
69
6.5
/14110/
66
/381/
62
/217/
3.3
/8871/
73
/77/
59
/184/
67
/11/
cc age 17+

Moscow on the Hudson (1984)
A Russian circus visits the US. A clown wants to defect, but doesn't have the nerve. His saxophone playing friend however comes to the decision to defect in the middle of Bloomingdales. He is befriended by the black security guard and falls in love with the Italian immigrant from behind the perfume counter. We follow his life as he works his way through the American dream and tries to find work as a musician.
poster
76
68
7.7
/4955/
76
/215/
75
/614/
3.8
/5817/

The Second Tragic Fantozzi (1976)
The frustrating adventures of a humble employee who all the time has to fullfill the wishes and desires of his bosses.
poster
68
6.5
/27878/
66
/566/
65
/263/
2.9
/18376/
88
/8/
72
/450/
68
/4/

Krrish (2006)
In Singapore, Krishna is forced by circumstances to use his superpowers and become a masked superhero named Krrish, before getting drawn towards his lost legacy.
poster
Disney Plus
68
6.7
/12686/
69
/444/
64
/197/
3.3
/16198/
63
/35/
64
/402/
68
/13/
cc age 12+

Something Wicked This Way Comes (1983)
In a small American town, a diabolical circus arrives, granting wishes for the townsfolk, but twisted as only the esteemed Mr. Dark can make them. Can two young boys overcome the worst the devil himself can deal out?
poster
Kanopy
67
6.5
/15887/
66
/506/
66
/434/
3.4
/14317/
76
/34/
64
/320/
70
/14/

The Last Circus (2010)
A trapeze artist must decide between her lust for Sergio, the Happy Clown, or her affection for Javier, the Sad Clown, both of whom are deeply disturbed.
poster
YouTube TV
65
6.6
/27490/
66
/570/
65
/541/
3.2
/13014/
79
/14/
58
/261/
61
/14/

The Postman Always Rings Twice (1981)
The sensuous wife of a lunch wagon proprietor and a rootless drifter begin a sordidly steamy affair and conspire to murder her Greek husband.
poster
65
6.9
/123637/
71
/2658/
69
/2584/
3.2
/63693/
60
/193/
70
/4468/
52
/35/
cc age 14+

Water for Elephants (2011)
In this captivating Depression-era melodrama, impetuous veterinary student Jacob Jankowski joins a celebrated circus as an animal caretaker but faces a wrenching dilemma when he's transfixed by angelic married performer Marlena.
poster
64
6.0
/808/
64
/7/
58
/13/
3.4
/913/
74
/23/
52
/12/
63
/6/

Around a Small Mountain (2009)
Vittorio stops to help Kate when her car breaks down on a mountain road. When they meet again, Vittorio discovers that Kate has rejoined a circus after a long time away. He begins to learn about the troupe's buried past and Kate's connection to it, while experiencing the magic of the circus.
poster
72
64
6.8
/6781/
69
/124/
64
/95/
3.4
/4333/
100
/10/
64
/94/

At the Circus (1939)
Jeff Wilson, the owner of a small circus, owes his partner Carter $10,000. Before Jeff can pay, Carter's accomplices steal the money so he can take over the circus. Antonio Pirelli and Punchy, who work at the circus, together with lawyer Loophole try to find the thief and get the money back.
poster
Kanopy
63
6.7
/24214/
66
/609/
64
/350/
3.4
/15932/
55
/88/
80
/3718/
55
/27/
cc age 9+

MirrorMask (2005)
In a fantasy world of opposing kingdoms, a 15-year old girl must find the fabled MirrorMask in order to save the kingdom and get home.
poster
61
6.5
/7881/
63
/182/
62
/88/
3.2
/3468/
56
/18/
80
/192/

When Night Is Falling (1995)
Camille is a professor at a Protestant college and is in a long-term relationship with Martin, a respected minister and fellow professor. When Camille meets Petra, a bold and flamboyant performer in a circus troupe, she is inexplicably drawn. Pursuing Petra, Camille throws her whole conservative life into disarray.
poster
Kanopy
61
60
6.5
/17193/
64
/320/
63
/264/
3.0
/11327/
50
/42/
53
/312/
76
/12/
cc age 12+

The Greatest Show on Earth (1952)
To ensure a full profitable season, circus manager Brad Braden engages The Great Sebastian, though this moves his girlfriend Holly from her hard-won center trapeze spot. Holly and Sebastian begin a dangerous one-upmanship duel in the ring, while he pursues her on the ground.
poster
63
60
6.2
/13636/
62
/248/
63
/282/
3.3
/6717/
75
/20/
49
/134/
66
/10/

Bronco Billy (1980)
An idealistic, modern-day cowboy struggles to keep his Wild West show afloat in the face of hard luck and waning interest.
poster
Kanopy
59
6.5
/8917/
64
/205/
59
/198/
3.6
/33115/
50
/44/
60
/137/
57
/6/

One from the Heart (1982)
In a dazzling, dreamlike Las Vegas, longtime couple Hank and Frannie break up on their fifth anniversary and each pursue the fantasy of new love over one neon-soaked night—he with a free-spirited acrobat, she with a seductive musician. But as illusion and reality blur, both must decide whether passion or devotion truly defines the heart.
poster
59
6.6
/6837/
65
/85/
62
/124/
3.4
/7023/
56
/83/

The Serpent's Egg (1977)
In 1923 Berlin, following the suicide of his brother, an American acrobat struggles to survive while facing unemployment, depression, alcoholism, and the social decay of Germany during the Weimar Republic.
poster
Hoopla
67
56
6.8
/5719/
69
/104/
62
/93/
3.4
/2408/
75
/8/
62
/24/

Trapeze (1956)
A pair of men try to perform the dangerous "triple" in their trapeze act. Problems arise when the duo is made into a trio following the addition of a sexy female performer.
poster
Amazon Prime Video
55
5.4
/7362/
61
/208/
58
/239/
2.8
/3325/
38
/16/
45
/148/
cc age 10+

Bogus (1996)
Recently orphaned, a young boy is taken in by his godmother who is shocked to realize that she can see the boy's imaginary friend: a flamboyant, French magician named Bogus.
poster
60
50
6.3
/4360/
64
/65/
60
/103/
3.3
/3467/
60
/5/
47
/38/

Viva Maria! (1965)
1907 Central America: Maria II is the daughter of an Irish terrorist. After her father's death, she meets Maria I, a performer, and decides to stay with the circus, and on her debut as a singer, unintentionally invents the striptease and makes the circus famous. Their inadvertent encounter with a socialist revolutionary lands them leading a revolution against the dictator, the capitalists, and the Church.
poster
Amazon Prime Video
54
49
6.2
/4700/
60
/117/
61
/100/
3.1
/2947/
37
/38/
44
/116/
58
/8/

Adam Resurrected (2008)
After again attempting to commit murder, a Jewish man with a mysterious past and extraordinary intelligence, charisma, and body control returns to an insane asylum, where he makes a startling discovery.
poster
Amazon Prime Video
49
5.6
/18997/
61
/859/
56
/394/
2.6
/18099/
33
/12/
38
/1709/

Wedding Daze (2006)
After losing the woman of his dreams, Anderson is convinced he'll never fall in love again. But at the urging of his best friend, he spontaneously proposes to a dissatisfied waitress named Katie and an innocent dare evolves into the kind of love that both have been looking for all along.
poster
Kanopy
59
47
6.0
/2665/
64
/103/
57
/70/
3.4
/6076/
49
/46/

Baby Blood (1990)
A cruel circus owner beats and abuses his pregnant wife. One day the circus receives a leopard newly captured in Africa, but the animal soon dies. However, an evil creature that was inside the leopard bursts out of the animal's body, burrows into the wife's body and takes over her fetus. It soon starts demanding blood, and the woman goes searching for victims for her new "baby."
poster
Starz Apple TV Channel
45
5.1
/14750/
55
/737/
53
/294/
2.3
/3428/
44
/9/
22
/542/

Smokin' Aces 2: Assassins' Ball (2010)
Walter Weed is an unassuming desk jockey at the FBI when the Bureau uncovers a plot to assassinate him. A team of degenerate, psychotic assassins dispatched by mystery man Hal Leuco to win a huge bounty includes a resourceful beauty who has a unique method of killing her prey, a power-tool wielding psychopath and a deadly master of disguise.
poster
54
40
5.4
/2945/
70
/75/
56
/45/
2.8
/2770/
34
/40/

Berserk! (1967)
A lady ringmaster milks the publicity from a string of murders.
poster
63
40
6.4
/2071/
63
/62/
61
/117/
3.3
/1526/

Incorrigible (1975)
Victor Vautier is incorrigible: he's in constant motion, working several cons at once, using different names and changing disguises. He's charming and outrageous, incapable of uttering a sentence that isn't embellished or an outright lie. His life goal is to make enough money to build a sea wall to protect Mont-Saint-Michel. Charlotte, a parole officer, shows up: she's young and seems taken in by Victor. He discovers she lives above the Senlus Museum, where her parents are the curators. With two pals he decides to steal a priceless El Greco triptych and then ransom it back to the cultural ministry. What will Charlotte do when she realizes he's used her to make a fortune?
poster
64
39
6.8
/1614/
62
/40/
65
/45/
3.4
/851/
61
/66/

The Chimp (1932)
Stan and Ollie play bumbling circus performers who inadvertently drive the circus into bankruptcy. The circus can't pay them their wages so they are given a gorilla and a flea circus as payment. Bedlam ensues.
poster
58
39
6.2
/2238/
61
/34/
62
/33/
3.1
/3767/
60
/10/
38
/18/

Thirteen Women (1932)
Thirteen women who were schoolmates ask a swami to cast their horoscopes. The news they receive is not good for any of them.
poster
55
38
6.1
/3283/
69
/89/
62
/81/
3.1
/1099/
50
/6/
31
/14/

Circus World (1964)
Circus owner Matt Masters is beset by disasters as he attempts a European tour of his circus. At the same time, he is caught in an emotional bind between his adopted daughter and her mother.
poster
74
38
7.1
/1639/
72
/72/
61
/50/
3.7
/1911/
90
/4/

Tomorrow I'll Wake Up and Scald Myself with Tea (1977)
Former Nazi Klaus Abard survives to the 1990s by taking anti-ageing pills. He plans to use a time travel trip to return to Germany in 1944 and present Hitler with a hydrogen bomb, so that he can win the war. Unfortunately the pilot, woman-chasing Karel Bures, dies on the morning of the trip and his earnest twin brother Jan impersonates him, without knowing about the plot.
poster
44
38
5.4
/3857/
60
/106/
53
/84/
2.8
/2608/
27
/15/
33
/105/
30
/9/

The Bride (1985)
Doctor Frankenstein creates a mate for his monster, a woman called Eva, who promptly rejects the male creature. In turn, the doctor becomes obsessed with Eva, and tries to make her a perfect Victorian woman.
poster
48
35
5.3
/2312/
52
/48/
50
/43/
2.6
/3474/
37
/664/

The Mutations (1974)
A mad scientist crosses plants with people, and the results wind up in a sideshow.
poster
MGM Plus
59
33
6.4
/1870/
61
/34/
56
/28/
3.1
/1258/
52
/2284/

The Great Rupert (1950)
Shortly before Christmas, a family moves into an apartment where Rupert the squirrel lives in the attic rafters. Just as it seems that the holiday will come and go without so much as a Christmas tree, Rupert acts as the family's guardian angel - not only saving Christmas, but changing their lives forever.
poster
33
3.5
/37960/
50
/1366/
46
/950/
1.8
/12374/
22
/469/
11
/4/

Police Academy: Mission to Moscow (1994)
The Russians seek help in dealing with the Mafia from the veterans of the Police Academy. They head off to Moscow, in order to find evidence against Konstantin Konali, who marketed a computer game that everyone in the world is playing.
poster
68
32
7.2
/2017/
60
/22/
65
/32/
3.5
/1008/
76
/8/

Man on a Tightrope (1953)
The owner of an impoverished circus in Communist-ruled Czechoslovokia plots to flee across the border to freedom, taking his entire troupe of performers and wild animals with him.
poster
40
30
4.2
/2041/
44
/72/
42
/55/
2.4
/2297/
28
/45/

100 Tears (2007)
After being accused of crimes he did not commit, a lonely circus performer exacts his revenge on those who unjustly condemned him. The act sparks something inside of him which he cannot stop and now, years later, his inner-demons have truly surfaced. Part urban legend, part tabloid sensationalism... he is now an unstoppable murderous juggernaut, fueled only by hate.
poster
61
29
6.1
/1845/
69
/26/
58
/19/
3.1
/651/
56
/2047/

Billy Rose's Jumbo (1962)
The daughter of a circus owner fights to save her father from a takeover spearheaded by the man she loves.
poster
Public Domain Movies
62
28
6.7
/1005/
66
/20/
53
/24/
3.5
/1071/
67
/21/
54
/2/

The Sin of Nora Moran (1933)
Nora Moran, a young woman with a difficult and tragic past, is sentenced to die for a murder that she did not commit. She could easily reveal the truth and save her own life, if only it would not damage the lives, careers and reputations of those whom she loves.
poster
AMC+ Amazon Channel
52
21
5.5
/554/
47
/14/
51
/23/
2.9
/1279/

Isola: Multiple Personality Girl (2000)
When a woman, able to read the thoughts of others, comes to help survivors of the 1995 Kobe earthquake, she encounters a girl with Multiple Personality Disorder whose dangerous 13th personality, Isola, must be stopped
poster
51
21
5.3
/1065/
61
/19/
50
/21/
3.0
/413/
50
/6/
31
/15/

Steelyard Blues (1973)
A group of misfits decide to leave for a place that they can all be free. Their mode of transportation is a PBY flying boat. The only problem is that the PBY needs a lot of work and they will need jobs to pay for the parts. When they find that they have only 10 days before the PBY is sold for scrap, they decide on borrowing the parts for their trip
poster
62
20
6.6
/994/
61
/22/
60
/5/
3.3
/296/
57
/292/

Merry Andrew (1958)
When eccentric English teacher Andrew Larabee needs a raise in order for his fiancée to marry him, his interest in archaeology leads him to an ancient statue's burial site. But when he finds a traveling circus directly above the statue's location, he accidentally becomes part of the act. With a newfound passion for performance and an attraction to the beautiful acrobat Selena, Andrew must decide what is truly important to him.


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